Astra Linux – Vulnerability found in Linux 5.10, Linux 6.1, and Linux 5.15

In the Linux kernel, the following vulnerability has been resolved: Firmware: mesonsm: A fix was made to avoid potential NULL pointer dereferencing. The ofmatchdevice function may fail and return a NULL pointer. This issue was addressed by checking the return value of ofmatchdevice...

The vulnerability of the meson_sm_probe() function in the drivers/firmware/meson/meson_sm.c file of the Linux kernel’s firmware driver allows a hacker to cause a system failure.

The vulnerability of the mesonsmprobe function in the drivers/firmware/meson/mesonsm.c file of the Linux kernel’s firmware module is related to pointer manipulation. Exploiting this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to cause a system failure...